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(No Model.)

G. ROSS.

STRAIGHT EDGE FOR RECEIPT OR STUB BOOKS.

No. 411,905, Patented Oct. 1, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE ROSS, OF SOUTH BUTTE, MONTANA TERRITORY.

STRAIGHT-EDGE FOR RECEIPT OR STUB BOOKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,905, dated October1, 1889.

Application filed March 9, 1889. Serial No. 302,730. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE Ross, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Butte, in the county of Silver Bow and Territory ofMontana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Straight-Edgesfor Receipt or Stub Books, of which the follow ing is a specification.

The invention relates to a straight-edge for receipt or stub books; andit consists in a simple, cheap, and effective device to facilitate thedetachment of the leaves from the stubs, as more fully describedhereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, andspecifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the device applied in theoperative position to a stub-book. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the devicedetached from the book. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the ears.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates a thin flat platehaving straight parallel side edges, and it is provided near its endswith the pliable ears B B, which are struck up from the plate, and Cdesignates an elastic band, of rubber or other suitable material, whichextends longitudinally over the plate, betweexi the said ears, and alsopasses around a number of the leaves of the book, as shown in thedrawings, Fig. 1. The ears are bent down after the band is arrangedproperly between them to hold it firmly in place, and the plate is heldby the band in position on thebook, with one of its edges on the line ofdivision between the leaves and stubs. The plate may he slid in eitherdirection to bring its edge in the proper position or to expose theportion of the leaf or stub which is to be written upon, and when theleaf is to be torn off the plate is pressed down firmly, so that itsedge acts as a paper-cutter.

This device may be used with books in which the division-line betweenthe leaves and stubs is perforated, or in those in which the said lineis not perforated.

Having thus described the invention, I

claim 1. The straight-edge for receipt or stub books, consisting of aplate bearing on the leaves and provided with a continuous elastic bandencircling both the plate and the book. and secured to the plate to holdit in place, substantially as specified.

2. The straight-edge for receipt or stub books, consisting of the plateprovided with upstruek ears, and the elastic band extending over theplate and engaged by the said ears, substantially as specified.

3. As a new article of manufacture, the straight-edge for receipt orstub books, consisting of aplat-e A, having parallel edges and oppositestruck-up bent ears formed intermediate its ends, and an elastic bandconnected to the plate by means of the ears and adapted to extend aroundthe leaves of the book, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE ROSS.

Witnesses:

H. R. Bone, A. B. BEAN.

